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The Power of Fasting
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The Power of Fasting
How to Fast
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For some (but not all) of us, intermittent fasting can have health benefits. We present four different fasting patterns.
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A Revolutionary Condiment
A seasonal dish
A Revolutionary Condiment
How to Make Your Own Lacto-Fermented Chili Sauce
Magazine / society
Our gastronomy expert outlines the virtues of spicy peppers, and gives a recipe for fermented chili sauce.
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Art Is Explosion!
Art Is Explosion!
The Revelations of Tarō Okamoto
Magazine / culture
Some reject the art of Tarō Okamoto – including the Tower of the Sun – as primitive, yet he was perhaps one of the only truly avant-garde artists of Japan.
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Cliffhanger
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A Communist LSD Trip
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The Magic of Mushrooms
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Say Yes to the World
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The Great Forger
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Our Fungal Friends
Our Fungal Friends
Six Surprising Uses for Mushrooms
Magazine / science
We should not only think of mushrooms for their culinary uses – fungi hold immense ecological potential to repair the environment.
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Jewels for a Select Few
Jewels for a Select Few
Gems Set in History
Reading / culture
The rituals of the Freemasons are shrouded in secrecy, but what about the symbols and iconography on Masonic jewellery?
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Nicola’s Fungi
Nicola’s Fungi
An Interview with an Urban Mushroom Farmer
Magazine / society
Nicola Dominici talks about opening his vegan restaurant and becoming an urban mushroom farmer in Miami.
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The Power of Vinegar
The Power of Vinegar
Make Your Own Acetic Acid
Magazine / society
Vinegar has many medicinal properties and health benefits. Even better, it is easy to make your own vinegars at home.
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A Craving for Cranberries
A Craving for Cranberries
What to Do with Cranberry Fruit
Magazine / society
The edible red fruit of the cranberry shrub is antiseptic, antioxidative and medicinal. It can be used to make juice, liqueur and preserves.
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Lem, the Prophet
Stanisław Lem
Lem, the Prophet
How the Sci-Fi Writer Foresaw the Future
Magazine / culture
More than half a century ago, the Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem predicted a great deal of the gadgets and technology that we regularly use today.
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The Beauty Factory
The Beauty Factory
The Aesthetics of Nature
Magazine / science
Nature’s colours and mathematical structures are fascinating. Why do the works of nature delight us so much?
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Sound of Body, Sound of Mind
Sound of Body, Sound of Mind
The Science of Music Therapy
Reading / science
From free jazz to Bach, both music therapy and self-directed listening can have multiple health benefits for the human brain and mind.
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War Is a Male Game
War Is a Male Game
An Interview with Jasmila Žbanić
Reading / culture
Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić talks about her film “Quo Vadis, Aida?”, the Srebrenica massacre, and why women’s perspectives of war are important.
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Stanisław Lem
What Stanisław Lem’s novel “Solaris” would be like if other famous sci-fi and fantasy authors had written it
Reading / culture
What would be the result if some other popular sci-fi and fantasy writers were to try their hand at Stanisław Lem’s “Solaris”? All sorts of great books!
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Stanisław Lem
137 Seconds (Part I)
Reading / literature
“137 Seconds” is a short story by Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem, translated into English for the first time by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
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Stanisław Lem
137 Seconds (Part II)
Reading / literature
“137 Seconds” is a short story by Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem, translated into English for the first time by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
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Stanisław Lem
137 Seconds (Part III)
Reading / literature
“137 Seconds” is a short story by Polish sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem, translated into English for the first time by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
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Stanisław Lem
Мастер Lem: How Stanisław Lem’s Sci-Fi Conquered the USSR
Reading / culture
A scholar talks about why Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem was so well-received in the Soviet Union – and why he continues to be popular in Russia to this day.
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Non-Fiction
My Three Wishes
Reading / literature
In 1980, the Polish science-fiction writer Stanisław Lem was asked by a German publisher to list his three most personal wishes. He reveals them in this exclusive translation.
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A Cold
Non-Fiction
A Cold
On Lem, Philip K. Dick and the FBI
Reading / literature
In an extract from his book “Out of this World: The Life of Stanisław Lem”, Wojciech Orliński describes a sensational yet often misunderstood encounter between Stanisław Lem and Philip K. Dick, in which the latter denounced the former as a thief.
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Stanisław Lem
The Polish Road to Motorization
Reading / culture
In 1957, future sci-fi legend Stanisław Lem wrote for “Przekrój” about the role of cars and motorization in Polish society – and how it differed from the West.
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Julia
Fiedorczuk
Fiedorczuk
Against Apocalypse
Reading / society
What does the word ‘apocalypse’ mean? And how can we understand it in the context of an Earth hurtling towards climate catastrophe?
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Life-Giving Dust
Mind the climate
Life-Giving Dust
From the Sahara to the Ocean
Magazine / science
Saharan dust is a phenomenon that starts in the desert and brings multiple benefits to oceans and plants across the whole of the globe.
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A Rubbish Island
Mind the climate
A Rubbish Island
The Problem of Microplastics
Magazine / society
Microplastics are almost imperceptible to the human eye. Yet their impact on the environment is shocking – as evidenced by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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Mind the climate
Frankenstein, the Baroness, and the Climate Refugees of 1816
Magazine / society
It is two hundred years since “The Year Without a Summer”, when a sun-obscuring ash cloud – ejected from one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history – caused temperatures to plummet the world over.
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What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say? ♫
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American acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton takes us on a sound trip to the first quiet park on Earth, where we can hear the gentle sounds of the Zabalo River, nestled deep in the Amazon rainforest.
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Mr Barker, Oedipuss and Us ♫
Media / Audio
We have more in common with cats and dogs than some people think – especially when it comes to cheekily deceiving each other. Original text by Ludwika Włodek.
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The Oak Chronicles ♫
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An encounter with an ancient oak tree named Bartek, as experienced and retold by a biologist and poet. Original text by Urszula Zajączkowska.
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Life in a Sealed Jar. A Brief History of Terrariums ♫
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Closed terrariums are currently in vogue for urban gardeners, but their history runs all the way back to 19th-century botany. Original text by Joanna Dobkowska.
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Nicola’s Fungi
An Interview with an Urban Mushroom Farmer
Magazine / society
Nicola Dominici talks about opening his vegan restaurant and becoming an urban mushroom farmer in Miami.
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A Craving for Cranberries
What to Do with Cranberry Fruit
Magazine / society
The edible red fruit of the cranberry shrub is antiseptic, antioxidative and medicinal. It can be used to make juice, liqueur and preserves.
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Backwards
healthy living
Backwards
A New Direction in Walking
Magazine / society
Walking backwards has many health benefits – it strengthens our muscles, is an efficient form of exercise, and can even prevent disease.
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A Tart but Tasty Delight
healthy living
A Tart but Tasty Delight
A Recipe for Currant Ice Cream
Magazine / society
Currants – in their red and black varieties – may be tart, but are full of flavour and nutrition. They also make the perfect partner for summer ice cream.